Machine for sorting feathers



Dec. 1, 1931. H 'BAUER MACHINE FOR soRTING FEATHERS Fiied March is.. 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 l Javenor. hermann, gamer Fn/ay ..1, 1931. H. BAUER MACHINE FOR SORTING FEATHERS s sheds-sneer 2 Filed March 18, 1929 m s {l} INIII Dec. 1, 1.931. H. BAUER 1,833,927

MACHINE FOR SORTING FEATHERS I Filed March 18. 1929 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 Fig. 3

Unvenor:

Herman c-Mef Patented Dec. 1, 1931 i Y I i l UNITED STATES -i-A"rE1\1T oFrlcE-` i HERMAN BAUER, or STUTTGART, GERMANY MACHINE FOR soRTTNG FEATHnRs v Application led March 18, 1929, Serial No. 348,013,1and inl Germany vflltlarch20, 1928.

My invention relates to machines for treat- Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 in Fig. 1, ing bed feathers and more particularly to and y 'i sorting machines, and is an object of my inp Fig. Ltis an end elevationof` the machine vention to provide a machine of this type viewed from the left in Fig. `1.

which operates continuously. Referring now tothe drawings, 1 is thel T o this end I provide a suction passage eX- suction passage or conveyer which'as shown tending throughout the machine, and sorting is made of tubes of increasing diameter tochambers arranged along the passage and wardtherear but may be tapered* or of uniladapted to be connected with the passage. form diameter throughout, 2 is a charging y In machines as designed heretofore the hopper at'the front end of theconveyen) is V'6'0 In the drawings sorting chambers were arranged in series. a rotary stirrer in the conveyer, 4 is the rear Such machines cannot be operated continuend of the conveyer, 5 is a fan near( the rear ously but require periodical charging of the end 4, and 6 are the sack chambers, in' the machine, the machine being inactive during presentV instance four,` f y Y p ,y `:l5 the charging periods. 7, 8, and 9 are iptales arranged along the U5 In my machine, on the other hand, the suc- C'OnYeyer 1 and connected therewith at its uption passage aforesaid constitutes a conveyer per part, 107, 108,` and `109are sorting lchamat one end of which the feathers are charged bers connected with therespe'ctive uptakes,

continuously While at its other end the resi- Y10 isa-mother fan, 12, 12 is a `suction pipe exdue, consisting principally of too coarse tending 'from the Ifan tof the several vsorting feathers, is discharged continuously. f chambers 107, 108, 109, and 153, 1'3are branch One or more sack chambers may be allotted PIP'GS COIIHG'Clg the SllCtOILPp'e 12 With the to each sorting chamber. The sack chambers chambers. 18 is al transit chamber for each are operated periodically to draw the sorted set ofa sorting and a sack chamber, and`v19 feathers from the sorting chambers into their is astirrer in the Vtransitchamber.

respective sacks and it is another obj ect of my The feathers are gradually sorted while invention to prevent interference with the moving along the conveyer 1,the lightest-con; continuous operatic-n of the machine by the ,Stltuenta the down,` being separated first. intermittent operation of the sack chambers. -rlfhey are subjected to a combined suction ac'- To this end I combine with each unit comtion, one at rightangles to, and theother E" prsing a sorting and a sack chamber, s an aXlally along, the conveyer lwhil'e being lagi-- intermediate or transit chamber which is alfated by thestirrer. y Y ternately connected with the sorting chamber 29 yare* dampers in the branch pipes 13 of and the sack chamber. When connected with the eueten Pipe 1Q, 141 ie mechanism OTIOP' the sorting chamber it receives the sorted 'eratlrl'g Che d2\H1pTS,l&I1d 15 are handles for 85 feathers from the chamber and when concperating the mechanism, a 'p nected with the sack chamber it permits re- A, Eh Of'the Sorting chambers, as shown for moval of the sorted feathers into the sack the Chelllmf 107 li Fig: 3, 1S pIjOVd'e'd with chamber while the sorting operation goes on L bottom Hal) 1,6 Conneetmg lit., Wlth the trans' in the Sorting Chamben 1t chamber 18 below when 1n the dotted-lines In the accompanying drawings a machine psltlm and 17 1S a Shaft for .Opemtmg the embodying my invention is illustrated dia- ,tglr cljgeealgefS o l em gremmatlcauy by Way 0f example' to ytre allotted 'sack chamber 'or chambers 6, 95

. i 20 eing the sacks in the chambers. To ."re-

.t Flg'tf 1S an elevatlon 0f the madm; V-ith yent interference with'th'e sorting operation 1V S SUC 1011 Passage 0r Conveyel' Part Y T0 en in the several chambers 107, 108, and 109 by OPeIlv I the iiow of air to the fan '5,"w'hen the respec- Fig. 2 is a plan view, with one of the transit my@ gaps 16 are Opened, means must be prim p. ma

'50 chambers partly broken open, 'videdfor interrupting theconnection'of the fan With the transit chamber the Hap of means for alternately connecting said transit which is open. Such means as illustrated in chamber With said sorting chamber and said Fig. 4 may comprise rocking levers 22, 22, a pressure-reducing means.

cam 24; operatively connected With the rocking levers at one end, a link 23 at the other end for controlling the flaps 16, and mechanism generally indicated by 25 for controlling a valve 26 Which admits air from the outside to the transit chambers 18, and a valve 27 in the suction pipe 28 of each .sack chamber 6. The control is such that When the flapsv 16 are closed the corresponding valves 26, 27 are open, and vice versa. A

In operation feathers are continuously charged into the hopper 2 and drawn into x l [the passage or conveyer 1 by the suction ',With, said conveyer,.means for reducing the n l therein. In this manner they move from one end vof the conveyerk to the other vvvhile being stirred bythe stirrer 3 andare extracted by Y the suction in the uptales 7, 8, and 9V. The non-extracted .feathers travel on axially in the conveyer 1. In this manner theV machine isoperatedvvithout intermission and the' time which the featherstake for movingl past'the vseveral uptakes may be so determined as to reliably select the desiredcategories of feathers. v Y Y Y Iclaim: v `l. A machine for treating bed 'feathers comprisingfa tubular. conveyer extending valong said machine, means for charging feathers into said conveyer, means for reducing lthe pressure in said conveyer, sorting chambers arranged along, and connected With, said conveyer, means for reducing the pressure in said sorting, chambers, a transit chamberoallotted to each sorting chamber,

and means for temporarily connecting said transit and sorting chambers. -v y 2. A ,machine forV treating bed feathers comprising a tubular conveyer extending along said machine, means for charging feathers into said conveyer, means for reducing the pressure in said conveyer, sorting chambers arranged falong, and connected pressure in said sorting chambers, a transit chamber allotted to each sorting chamber, means for temporarily connecting said transit and sorting chambers, means for reducing the pressure in said transit chamber, and means for disconnecting said reducing means from said transit chamber While said chambers are connected.

3. A machine for treating bed feathers comprising a tubular conveyer extending along said machine, means for chargingV feathers into said conveyer, sorting chambers arranged along, and connected With, said y conveyer, means for reducing the pressure in saidsorting chambers, a sack chamber allotted to each sorting chamber, means for reducing the pressure in said conveyer and said sack chambers, a Vtransit chamber intermediate each sorting and sack chamber, and

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